Events
Please see our calendar below for more details. Some are held online while others are in-person.
Our interactive online calendar allows you to view events by month, week or day. Click on each event title for more information, including description and details about how to RSVP. Hospicare has a list of online grief resources that may be of assistance.
Throughout the year, Hospicare holds many events and programs, including ongoing grief support groups and special one-time or limited-time sessions. Hospicare also holds fundraising activities and outreach and educational events.
Hospicare & Palliative Care Services
Annual Hospicare Recognition Luncheon
The Space at GreenStar 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY, United StatesOn October 5 we recognized our employees, volunteers, committee and board members, and acknowledged the contributions made by individuals and organizations who help us provide quality end-of-life care to our community. Our featured guest speaker was Amy Dickinson, best selling author, nationally syndicated advice columnist, NPR contributor, and native of Freeville. We are proud to have…
Sandra L. Bem Lecture on Compassionate Care & End of Life Issues
Tompkins County Public Library - Borg Warner Room 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY, United StatesDefining the Good Life -- at the End-of-Life Join Hospicare and Palliative Care Services for the Third Annual Sandra L. Bem Lecture at 7PM on Monday, October 16th at the Borg Warner Room of the Tompkins Public Library. Have you experienced a loved one coming to the end of their life facing a death without…
Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare
Ithaca Yacht Club 1090 Glenwood Rd, Ithaca, NY, United StatesWomen Swimmin’ is a community swim, not a race, that gives women in the community (and some who travel from afar) the opportunity to swim across Cayuga Lake, while raising money for Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. Join us on August 11 to cheer on our swimmers, and boaters as they arrive at the Ithaca Yacht…
Resilience: Film and Panel Discussion
Cinemapolis 120 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY, United StatesJoin Ithaca College's Gerontology Institute, the Advocacy Center, Hospicare, and other local providers for a free film and panel discussion on trauma informed care. RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE chronicles the birth of a new movement among pediatricians,therapists, educators and communities, who are using cutting-edge brain science to disrupt cycles…
Registration for Women Swimmin’
Registration for swimmers who will swim across Cayuga Lake with Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare will begin at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2019! Register online at www.womenswimmin.org Women Swimmin’ is a community swim (not a race!) across Cayuga Lake for women ages 18 and over. The 16th annual Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare will…
16th Annual Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare
Ithaca Yacht Club 1090 Glenwood Rd, Ithaca, NY, United StatesWomen Swimmin’ for Hospicare is a community swim—not a race—that raises money in support of Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. At dawn on a Saturday in August, more than 300 women will leave the east shore of Cayuga Lake and swim west to the Ithaca Yacht Club (a distance of 1.2 miles). Nearly 200 boaters…
The Bem Film Screening- Into the Night; Portraits of Life and Death
Cinemapolis 120 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThe Bem Lecture/Film Screening will take place at 2pm on September 22, 2019 at Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St., Ithaca, NY. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Helen Whitney. WE DON’T KNOW HOW. WE DON’T KNOW WHEN. BUT DEATH COMES FOR US ALL. To be human is to wrestle with this truth…
Cornell Wrestling Hospicare Challenge
Friedman Wrestling Center 610 North Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesCornell Wrestling has hosted the Hospicare Challenge since 2002. Please join us in continuing our tradition of supporting Hospicare & Palliative Care Services.
Facebook Live: Grief and Wellness in Uncertain Times
Grief and Wellness in Uncertain Times - Online Support for Hospicare Community Our team will share resources and guided wellness practices for our extended Hospicare family. All programs will be recorded live on Facebook and will be available after on our Facebook page, blog (hospicare.org/blog) and our Instagram page (@hospicareNY). ***Grief in Uncertain Times*** Monday…